2014 February

Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) had written to DGCA for not granting Air Asia permit to start its operations as they fear stiff competition and complained that the new entrant will disrupt industry “equilibrium”. Air Asia India, the joint venture between the Tatas and Tony Fernandes plans to start operations sometime this year but it

Lufthansa and Emirates expect to start flying Airbus 380 into India, after the government recently lifted the unofficial ban on the plane, as per a Wall Street Journal report by Santanu Choudhury. Executives at the airlines said they would make their decisions depending on their studies of the ability of the nation’s airports to handle

Lufthansa yesterday announced the appointment of Wolfgang Will as its new Director India. Will who took charge from February 1, 2014 will be based at Gurgaon and will be responsible for overseeing the airline’s commercial activities in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He succeeds Axel Hilgers, who served as Lufthansa’s Director, India since 2008, overseeing

The International Air Transport Association has appointed Conrad Clifford as Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific. His appointment will be effective from February 1, 2014 and he will be based at IATA’s Asia Pacific Regional Office in Singapore. He succeeds Maunu von Lueders, who is retiring from IATA. Clifford has over 30 years of experience